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Responsible Jewellery Council Launches SDG Taskforce * Will Support Members to Help Measure and Report on Progress Towards the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) * Sets clear ambition to drive the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and appoints a select group of industry leaders By: Diamond World News Service | | Reference: ...

Companies are crucial to solving the climate crisis. 75% are falling short CNN 2 hrs ago By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business © Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images Emissions rise from the Kentucky Utilities Co. Ghent generating station in Ghent, Kentucky, U.S., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Coals slow downfall is gaining momentum across the U.S. as clean energy becomes cheaper and wins widespread support, but lawmakers in mining states from Wyoming to West Virginia are determined to ...

Updated / Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 07:03 Just under 24.84% of firms have taken action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius Fewer than one in four of the worlds largest companies are on track to meet basic climate change targets, according to a new study. The survey of nearly 700 listed firms in 14 countries was conducted between 2015 and 2019. According to British investment firm Arabesque, just under a quarter (24.84%) of the worlds large listed companies have taken action to limit glo...

Fewer than one in four of the world’s largest companies are on track to meet basic climate change targets, according to a new study published on Thursday (22 April) ahead of a US-hosted climate summit where world leaders are expected to announce new commitments to cut emissions. Findings of the survey of nearly 700 listed firms in 14 countries from 2015 to 2019 were unveiled on the day US President Joe Biden launches a virtual climate summit. Just three months into office, Biden will welcome ...

Posted on 7452 Linedata, a global provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, today announced it is the first technology vendor to seamlessly integrate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data into asset managers’ workflows through collaboration with leading independent provider Arabesque S-Ray. A wide range of ESG data assets feeds directly into Linedata’s software to help managers meet growing...

By Susanna Rust2021-03-16T14:23:00+00:00 Nestlé is to give shareholders a vote on its climate strategy at its upcoming annual general meeting (AGM), prompting Ethos Foundation, a Swiss pension fund-backed organisation, to withdraw a shareholder resolution requesting such a move. The shareholder resolution had been jointly submitted by seven Swiss pension funds. In December, Ethos had written to the board of directors to encourage the company to offer an advisory vote on their climate change-...

Three out of 10 of the UK’s biggest public companies emit carbon dioxide at a rate that would contribute significantly to the climate crisis, according to analysis that shows the scale of the challenge for corporate Britain to cut emissions to zero. Thirty-one members of the FTSE 100, the index of Britain’s largest listed companies, are emitting carbon dioxide at a rate consistent with global temperature increases of 2.7C or more by 2050,...

NOW Magazine Sustainable Investing: A Path to a New Horizon Sustainable Investing: A Path to a New Horizon by 79 79 people viewed this event. One hour livestream featuring Keith Ambachtsheer (President, KPA Advisory Services...

Ross Trustees – Geoff McKenzie has been appointed senior trustee manager at the UK professional trustee and pensions services firm. He joins from Clarks, where he was the shoe company’s director of global pensions. He has also had senior in-house roles with other brands such as Vodafone and Barclays. Ross Trustees said he has considerable experience across a broad range of areas, including managing the merging and restructuring of pension schemes within benefits packages, outsourcing sch...